ModelDisplay.java

import java.awt.Graphics;

/**
 * Interface to used to communicate between a model
 * and its display
 * 
 * Copyright Georgia Institute of Technology 2004
 * @author Barb Ericson ericson@cc.gatech.edu
 */
public interface ModelDisplay
{
  /** method to notify the thing that displays that
   * the model has changed */
  public void modelChanged();
  /** method to add the model to the world 
   * @param model the model object to add */
  public void addModel(Object model);
  public LightCycle checkScore();

  
  /**
   * Method that returns the graphics context
   * for this model display
   * @return the graphics context 
   */
  public Graphics getGraphics();
  
  /**
   * Method to clear the background
  
  /** Method to get the width of the display
   * @return the width in pixels of the display
   */
  public int getWidth();
  
  /** Method to get the height of the display
   * @return the height in pixels of the display
   */
  public void resetScore();
  public int getHeight();
}